The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 23, sentence 71

"There is no need for me to look longer," said Danhasch, "my first impression will remain the same; but of course, charming Maimoune, I am ready to yield to you if you insist on it."

Who acts: need, Danhasch, first impression, you, my · What happens: be, look, say, remain, charm, yield · To what, where: same, Maimoune, you, impression · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (need, Danhasch, first impression, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
2	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 is	expl
3	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 said	ccomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 need	det
5	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 is	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 need	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	acl
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 look	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	Danhasch	Danhasch	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 remain	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 remain	punct
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 impression	nmod:poss
18	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 impression	amod
19	impression	impression	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 remain	nsubj
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 remain	aux
21	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	ccomp
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 same	det
23	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 remain	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 charming	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 charming	cc
26	of	of	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	29 charming	advmod
27	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 of	fixed
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 charming	punct
29	charming	charm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 said	advcl
30	Maimoune	Maimoune	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 charming	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 ready	punct
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 ready	nsubj
33	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 ready	cop
34	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 said	ccomp
35	to	to	PART	_	36 yield	mark
36	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 ready	xcomp
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 you	case
38	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 yield	obl
39	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 insist	mark
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	41 insist	nsubj
41	insist	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 yield	advcl
42	on	on	ADP	_	43 it	case
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 insist	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	34 ready	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 ready	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	no need for me			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look in a quote	to-infinitive	no need for me not said here				long property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	Danhasch					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	remain in a quote	future	my first impression	the same				vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute
5	charm in a quote	gerund	Danhasch not said here	Maimoune				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus maimoune=Experiencer
6	is in a quote	present	Danhasch				ready property	tree rules
7	yield in a quote	to-infinitive	Danhasch not said here		you			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to you=Pivot
8	insist speech: other a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you			impression		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
9	impress in a quote		my					nom impression «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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